Having problem with rigify
In object mode:

Select your armature and its child objects (you can right-click the armature in the outliner and choose "select hierarchy).
Hit CtrlG to create a group of your selection, give it the name you want via F6 (like "character" or whatever's making sense).
Save the file.

Open the file where you need to append your character, hit ShiftF1, navigate to your character's .blend file, go in its group folder and select your character's group.

It should work this way.
The last thing to do: since all the "WGT" objects are imported in the same layer as your character's rig and model and overlapping your rig, I suggest you use the outliner, select all "WGT" objects, and move them to another layer.